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Remembrance NI – Every day is a Remembrance Day

Every day is a Remembrance Day

Month: August 2025

August 23. Ballymena RAF operator intercepted German and Japanese signals. Roll of Honour

In 1914 the Battle of Mons began. It was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force in the … More

Ballymena, Broughshane, Burma, Coleraine, Cullybackey, Dunkirk, Fivemiletown, Kilrea, Newtownards, Normandy, Upperlands

August 22. The Forgotten Army’s Memorial. Roll of Honour

Northern Ireland men from Lisburn, Liverpool, Manchester, and New Zealand fell in Gallipoli this day in 1915. John Adair was … More

Canada, Chindit Memorial, Crete, Cyprus, Gallipoli, Greece, Lisburn, Liverpool, Manchester, New Zealand

August 21. Inniskillings WW2 Battle Honours. North Irish Horse VC. Roll of Honour

Lieutenant – Colonel Richard Annesley West, D.S.O., M.C., North Irish Horse, attached Tank Corps, was awarded the Victoria Cross thhis … More

Canada, Gallipoli, Hill 60, Inniskillings WW2 Battle Honours, RBAI, Victoria Cross

August 20. Kilrea’s Royal Flying Corps ace. Inst/QUB doctor died at Dieppe. Widow’s war service. Roll of Honour

“Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.” — Winston Churchill offered … More

Churchill, Dieppe, Dollingstown, Kilrea, Limavady, QUB, RBAI

August 19 – VJ – Northern Ireland’s Japanese POWs. Hardest Day of the Battle of Britain 1940. Dieppe 1942. Roll of Honour

Read accounts and Roll of Honour of those from NI who served as Japanese Prisoners of War. They come from … More

Aguila WRNS, Battle of Britain, BEF, British Expeditionary Force, Canada, Castlerock, Dieppe, French Resistance, Japanese POW, National Arboretum, Paris, Paris liberation, POW Japan

August 18 – Anniversary of famous ‘High Flight’ poem. Roll of Honour

Today is the anniversary of the writing of one of the most beautiful poems ever composed – “High Flight,” by … More

Castlerock, Edinburgh Tattoo, High Flight, Limavady, RBAI, Tandragee

August 17. Tony Lovell, decorated WW2 air ace. Roll of Honour

Wing Commander Anthony Lovell (second from left) was a decorated ace who served in the Royal Air Force during the … More

Battle of Britain, Italy, LOvell, Massereene, Portrush.QUB

August 16. Second worst day of WW1. Seven Instonians die. Roll of Honour

This is the second longest daily post on Remembrance Ni. On this day in 1917 The Battle of Langemarck began. … More

Carrickfergus, family-history, history, Inst, Langmarck, Larne, Princess Victoria, RBAI, Smiles, Stronge, Tynan, world-war-1, WW1, wwi

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